Golf balls in place of hot stones, diamond dust used as body polish, wild mint and juniper turned into exfoliants—the year's newest spa trends, each from properties on our Hot List 2012, are all sorts of topsy-turvy.

The Trend What’s more invigorating than the whiff of fresh-picked mint sprigs? Perhaps the sensation of those fresh-crushed leaves plucked from local herb gardens being rubbed into tired, tormented skin.

The Treatments The face is slathered with a minty rose-hip clay mask during the Pure Bliss Facial at the Tree Spa at Hidden Pond.